made an appointment with Watson and others to drink tea together after returning to Hong Kong, Huo Dongjun hung up the phone, he needs to continue to stay in the United States during this time, after all, "Death Express" is now in the preparation period, although there is a producer who has the power, but after the director is selected, when the actors start to be selected, as the owner of the production company, the investor, which actor will be used by the crew to star, the crew needs to consider the opinions of the production company, and even if they leave, they must wait for the school of Xirong and Chen Baolian to be arranged.

David Fincher Tong Guòcaa quickly formed a core team for the crew, and the director of this film chose CA's commercial film director Rob Cohen, David Fincher's explanation for Huo Dongjun's choice of Rob Coen is that the director is very familiar with Hong Kong action movies, and is an avid fan of Bruce Lee, and should have a unique experience of adding oriental action elements to action movies.

David Fincher really put a lot of thought into choosing the director of this movie, he didn't want to be regarded by Huo Dongjun as a mediocre talent who had no ability to work, so he almost looked through all the director information under CA, and finally selected Rob Cohen, last year Rob Cohen filmed an action movie "Private Detective", with a total box office income of 27 million US dollars, although it seems that the box office is not eye-catching, but you must know that the total cost of this movie is only 6 million US dollars, and it is an action movie that does not use well-known actors, It's not bad to get this result, especially since Rob Cohen's action design in this film obviously borrows from Bruce Lee's kung fu films, and the main character has a different flexibility when fighting people than other Hollywood action movies, and David Fincher feels that he should be able to accept a movie that saves the action design of two opponents with a piece of clothing.

The first assistant director was handed over to Michael Bay by David Fincher, a young man who was David Fincher's right-hand man when he was the communicator, and now David Fincher can officially become a commercial filmmaker from an advertising producer and M producer, and naturally we can't forget the advertising director Michael Bay, who charged for himself at the beginning.

Rob Cohen appreciates the plot of the script, flying cars, explosions, fights, and beautiful women are what he is good at and what he likes to do, but when he and David Fincher and Don Simpson studied the actor who played the protagonist Frank Martin, there was a disagreement.

Rob Cohen believes that the protagonist should be played by a younger actor, so that it will be easier to shape the character of the protagonist and not be affected by other movie roles, while David Fincher insists that the script portrays Frank Martin as a mature and rational middle-aged man over thirty-five years old, and should find a more famous actor to play it.

Huo Dongjun had a headache after attending two meetings held at the Oriental Belt Film Company, mainly because he didn't know a lot of the actors' names that came out of the mouths of the two people, and the arguments between the two completely made him unable to choose which side to support, because David Fincher and Rob Cohen had no selfish intentions in the choice of actors, and it was completely based on their own understanding of the film script, and today is the third meeting he attended as an investor.

"Okay, David, let's make a compromise, what about twenty-eight to thirty? You can't really let the audience go to see an old guy who is almost forty years old driving a courier package, right?" Rob Cohen said to David Fincher, grabbing his short hair.

David Fincher flipped the text in his hand and said on the other side of the round table: "The explanation of this character in the script ......"

"If you want to shoot word for word according to the script, then you don't need to save the director's position, my store zài is to revise the script, I don't think the audience will think that an old guy is cool to drag racing, on the contrary, young people will be more attractive to them, twenty-eight to thirty years old, this is my bottom line, David, you should know that I am also an avid action movie fan, I can't accept a guy of the same age as me from the perspective of a fan, and then soak a beauty as big as my daughter, I'm going to kill the main actor with a shotgun. ”

"Guys, I don't want to join in on your arguments, but what do you think the story takes place in the United States, a country with a romantic flavor and a snail feast?" Don Simpson said to the two of them, flipping through the text in his hand.

He was the executive producer of the film, and he handled a lot of the work during the preparation period, such as selecting and inspecting the filming locations.

"Reason? Give me a reason? I would have said Mexico. David Fincher put aside his controversy with Rob Cohen and looked at Don Simpson.

Don Simpson shrugged: "I like that country, that country has the most romantic girls in Europe......"

Seeing that David Finch didn't laugh with a straight face, Don Simpson sighed: "Well, the real reason is that France is the most developed country in European films, and if we choose to shoot in France, our work on location will be much easier." ”

"I agree. Rob Cohen agreed with Don Simpson's suggestion and chimed in: "The French film industry is very mature, and if we were to choose Mexico, we wouldn't even know where to recruit extras." ”

Huo Dongjun, Yuan Kui, Michael Bay and production accountant Matthew are almost completely speechless, Huo Dongjun only needs to make the final decision on which one to choose from the list they came up with, Yuan Kui and Michael Bay have no say in terms of actors and location, as for Matthew, he only needs to ensure that the number of fund accounts of the crew is correct, and keep an eye on the expenses of the core team members.

"Charlie Sheen, Johnny Depp, I feel like we can get in touch with these two guys, and I'm very impressed with their performances in 'Field Platoon'. "David Fincher eventually came back to the question of character.

"Man, could you consider an actor named Tom Cruise, he's my friend, you should have heard of that name. When Don Simpson heard David Fincher begin to say his name, he immediately reported the American Idol that he and Jerry Brookheimer had loved.

"I thought you'd never mention that name, Don, does that guy have anything else to offer besides a charming face? You don't think that "Top Gun" is really a modern war movie?"

It is undeniable that Tom Cruise is now a popular young artist in Hollywood, but in terms of acting skills, it is not a little bit worse than Charlie Sheen in David Fincher's mouth, whether it is "Field Platoon" or last year's "Wall Street", Charlie Cruise's acting skills have been widely praised, and Tom Cruise, whether it is a fan or a filmmaker, has set him as an idol artist, which is completely incompatible with acting skills.

Hearing Tom Cruise's name, Huo Dongjun's eyes lit up, he was very familiar with this name in his last life, Hollywood superstar.

But before he could open his mouth to join the discussion, the phone rang, and Zhang Wulang's voice came:

"Jun, I have a friend who I haven't met before coming to Los Angeles, but I can't get out of it now, can you arrange for someone to pick him up at the airport?"